Barbie Loves T.M.X. Elmo Doll
February 4th, 2008
Barbie Loves T.M.X. Elmo Doll
Always on top of what’s hot, Barbie doll knows everyone loves Elmo. She also knows what Elmo is up to, but isn’t telling! Dressed in a cool TMX Elmo graphic print tee, Barbie doll is queen of the style scene and together, Barbie and Elmo are the talk of the town.
Barbie and Elmo are coming together tocelebrate the 10th anniversary of Tickle Me Elmo. Barbie doll comes with a red, fuzzy Elmo that “giggles” when you press his belly. Requires 3 button cell batteries, included. Barbie doll measures 12″.
Customer Review: Enter Laughing, Exit Laughing - Just keep Laughing
Did you ever have a toy that kept everyone laughing till your sides hurt -and you all laughed for no reason at all? Well the adults in this family loved this little version of tickle me Elmo with Barbie that the child cannot believe how much we grownups can laugh. It looks adorable, Price was soooo good that it really made it worth the value. THE TOY IS REALLY CATCHY AND CAN PUT YOU IN A GOOD MOOD. Only problem the batteries run out really quick - so keep a handful closeby so you can continuously play with it - even after the child goes to bed.
Customer Review: Good!
This doll is pretty cool. I bought one for my friend’s daughters (she is 9 years old) and she really liked it. The three year old enjoyed playing with it as well. Educationally speaking…Barbie’s are VERY educational because they encourage little girls to take an interest in hair styling…which is a very good occupation. I remember wanting to be a hair dresser when I grew up (because I used to always fix Barbies hair)…but later I learned there wasn’t really a future in being a hair dresser and had to go back to college and get a BA degree. Good toy and quite durable though.
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In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto 
What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times
“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food, the well-considered answers he provides to the questions posed in the bestselling The Omnivore’s Dilemma.
Humans used to know how to eat well, Pollan argues. But the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused, complicated, and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists-all of whom have much to gain from our dietary confusion. As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape dense with bad advice and foods that are not “real.” These “edible foodlike substances” are often packaged with labels bearing health claims that are typically false or misleading. Indeed, real food is fast disappearing from the marketplace, to be replaced by “nutrients,” and plain old eating by an obsession with nutrition that is, paradoxically, ruining our health, not to mention our meals. Michael Pollan’s sensible and decidedly counterintuitive advice is: “Don’t eat anything that your great-great grandmother would not recognize as food.”
Writing In Defense of Food, and affirming the joy of eating, Pollan suggests that if we would pay more for better, well-grown food, but buy less of it, we’ll benefit ourselves, our communities, and the environment at large. Taking a clear-eyed look at what science does and does not know about the links between diet and health, he proposes a new way to think about the question of what to eat that is informed by ecology and tradition rather than by the prevailing nutrient-by-nutrient approach.
In Defense of Food reminds us that, despite the daunting dietary landscape Americans confront in the modern supermarket, the solutions to the current omnivore’s dilemma can be found all around us.
In looking toward traditional diets the world over, as well as the foods our families-and regions-historically enjoyed, we can recover a more balanced, reasonable, and pleasurable approach to food. Michael Pollan’s bracing and eloquent manifesto shows us how we might start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich our lives and enlarge our sense of what it means to be healthy.
List Price: $21.95
Amazon Price: $13.17
Used Price: $11.90
Customer Review: Ugh!
Nutritionists often change their minds, as new evidence comes in. Thus, per Pollan, we should stop paying attention to them. Doctors and nuclear scientists also sometimes change their minds - should we also disdain their thoughts? It’s true that Americans’ health has deteriorated in some ways over recent decades - eg. the alarming growth of obesity. Pollan suggests this also damns nutritionists. Forget about eating TOO MUCH - eg. the larger portions and enticements for super-sizing, reduced physical exertion in our daily lives, and ignoring the universal advice of nutritionists (avoid animal fats, eat a balanced meal, etc.). Pollan also wants to associate (blame?) increasing heart disease on nutritionists - but what about the fact that it is decreasing? “In Defense of Food” cannot be defended - too much hair-splitting and absurd logic. I cannot be convinced that nutritionists and the marketers that use them do not/can not improve food - eg. niacin added to bread, iodine in salt, etc. We simply don’t know enough to do so as well as in animals because the required scientific testing is often not possible or frowned upon.
Customer Review: I Just Don’t Know
I’m a working woman - I have four jobs and they take up all my time. I am also overweight and in recovery from so much abuse - my whole life has been abuse. So I try to treat my body right and do what the good Lord intended me to do with it - after so many years of abuse and trrible behavior it shows. So i like to read books about food and such. Maybe I am ignorant - it wouldnt be the first time some big shot man has made me feel that but this book was hard to read. The whole first part just talks about all these historical facts about food. I wanted to know what i shoudl and shouldn;t eat - and he does say that later on but I was so confused and lost by the time I was done that i don’t think I got much out of it. My sponser Pam said I needed to have patience and read it again - but she doesn;t work four jobs to try and stay off welfare and food stamps - and I am pretty sure most of what he tells you to eat instead in here I can;t get on food stamps. So i gave Pam her book back and said I woudl rather hear about it on Oprah. If you went to Harvard maybe this is for you, but I work all the time and try to behave righteously and am not a liberal so this wasn’t for me.
Elmo is back, more ticklish then ever, and laughing like heís never laughed before! Packed with hidden silly surprises that can only be discovered when you play, pose and tickle Elmo in the right sequence, the T.M.X. Elmo eXtra Special Edition is recommended for children age 18 months and older.
Find the right combination of movements to activate a silly side of Elmo you’ve never. View larger. |
Features all the tickling and giggling fun of the original. View larger. |
More Hidden Surprises
You’ve probably already seen the original Elmo laugh hysterically as he rolls along the floor. The special edition of the popular Elmo toy features all the tickling and giggling fun of the original, plus even more extra-special fun you’ve never set eyes on. The key is to find the right combination of movements to activate a silly side of Elmo that you’ve never seen before. Try lifting his arm straight in the air and tickling his belly. There’s more where that came from.
Clues For More Hidden Surprises
Rhyming Clue Cards give hints to help you find Elmo’s secret surprises. This special edition Elmo comes with the first card, and a new rhyming clue will be revealed each week on the official T.M.X. Special Edition web site. On January 2, 2008, you can discover all the correct combinations needed to unlock Elmo’s furry fun.
Made with super-soft, furry fibers, everyone from tiny tots to adults loves to hold, touch, and tickle Elmo. For all his laughing, twisting — and more things you’ll find out on your own — this plush, child-safe toy from Fisher-Price requires six AA batteries, which are included.
What’s in the Box
Stuffed toy and 6 AA batteries.
List Price: $39.99
Amazon Price: $32.99
Customer Review: Really fun, REALLY loud
This toy makes us crack up every time we take it out. However, it is extremely loud and there is no way to cover the speaker the way you might with another musical toy.
Customer Review: Giggles Galore!
I bought this toy for my daughter’s first Christmas, and I think I was having more fun with it than even she was! I love how you can do different body combinations to make Elmo do hidden tricks… I know that she will have many years of wonderment with this toy… Giggles galore around our household for sure!
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